Sign Language Deaf Communication

I've wondered the same thing. The only thing I could think of is that some people can't read english, but can understand ASL. ASL is completely different from English so it can be understood by non-English speakers.

Sign languages is nothing like spoken language and so reading a spoken language is hard.

I hope this gets solved. One interesting aspect to consider is that all in person communication involves some form of sign language. It just isn’t nearly as explicit when the people are deaf, but you can tell what people are communicating Just by watching them sometimes, as you know.

Any signed language? Or a particular one?

Sign languages emerge when deaf kids (who aren't receiving other signed input) are together. To get the equivalent with spoken language, you'd have to put a bunch of (hearing) kids together on a desert island with no adult supervision. Deeply unethical, but that hasn't prevented people from proposing it.

It's actually not uncommon for deaf kids to be forbidden or discouraged, depending on era and local pedagogy, from learning and using sign language. And like any language, it's harder to learn later in life. ASL isn't just English with handwaving. It's a whole other language. Same with all sign languages.

You don't have to be deaf to learn sign language!

i acknowledge that ASL is different from english, but i refuse to believe that deaf people can't read

Don't forget about sign language.

How does it handle people who are unable to speak?